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Axis 24533R3 User Manual Download Page 18

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AMC

Limit Recording

You can select to not record audio, and to limit the amount of time of your recording. Choose

Stop

recording after

and set the number of minutes, or seconds for your recording. Or to conserve storage

space, you can limit your recording to a specific size measured in megabytes.

Windows Media Format Runtime

If you have not already installed WMFR, you will not be able to record and the Recording tab will
appear as the example below. To install WMFR, simply follow the instructions in the Recording tab as
shown in the example below.

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Summary of Contents for 24533R3

Page 1: ...Axis Media Control AMC User s Manual ...

Page 2: ...nd with regard to the material contained within this document including but not limited to the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose Axis Communications AB shall not be liable nor responsible for incidental or consequential damages in connection with the furnishing performance or use of this material Trademark Acknowledgments Internet Explorer Microsoft Windows...

Page 3: ...o Controls 12 Pan Tilt Zoom Controls 13 Center Mode 13 Emulated Joystick Mode 13 AMC Control Panel 14 General Tab 14 Versions 14 Network Tab 15 Timeout 15 Reconnection Strategy 15 Multicast Network Interface 15 MPEG 4 connection order 16 Recording Tab 17 Recording Folder 17 Feedback 17 Limit Recording 18 Windows Media Format Runtime 18 Snapshot Tab 19 Snapshot folder 19 Feedback 19 Audio Tab 20 St...

Page 4: ...rocessing 22 Default Video Decoder 22 PTZ Tab 23 Joystick Settings 23 Miscellaneous 24 Axis 295 Video Surveillance Joystick 25 Joystick Button Configuration 26 Using Your Mouse 26 Using the Axis 295 Video Surveillance Joystick 27 ...

Page 5: ...ium III 500 MHz or higher 1 GHz recommended or comparable AMD processor Intel Pentium III 1 GHz or higher or comparable AMD processor Memory 128 MB RAM 128 MB RAM Graphics Card 16 MB video memory 32 64 MB recommended for high resolution color depths AGP card with DirectX support 64 MB video memory Software DirectX 9 0 or higher In addition to supporting streaming video AMC provides additional came...

Page 6: ...r video server you want to access 2 A Security Warning dialog will appear Click Install to proceed with the installation Note Make sure that Axis Communications AB is listed as the Publisher 3 AMC is now installed and can be configured by opening the AMC Control Panel Open the control panel either by right clicking in the video window or by clicking Start Settings Control Panel Axis Media Control ...

Page 7: ...pports AAC audio you will need to install an AAC decoder 1 To start the installation select the Click here to install or upgrade the MPEG 4 and AAC Decoder link in the Live View page as shown in the figure below 2 Read through the MPEG license agreement that appears and if you agree to the conditions select I accept the License agreement and click OK ...

Page 8: ... the green status bar 2 has finished click Close 3 to complete the installation Removing an AAC Decoder To remove the decoder 1 Open the C WINDOWS Downloaded Program Files folder 2 Right click the file CAxAacDec Class and select Remove 1 3 2 ...

Page 9: ...e MPEG 4 decoder If you have a problem installing the MPEG 4 decoder please see you system administrator 1 To start the installation select the Click here to install or upgrade the MPEG 4 and AAC Decoder link in the Live View page as shown in the figure below 2 Read through the MPEG license agreement that appears and if you agree to the conditions select I accept the License agreement and click OK...

Page 10: ...10 AMC Removing an MPEG 4 Decoder To remove the decoder 3 Open the C WINDOWS Downloaded Program Files folder 4 Right click the file CAxMP4Dec Class and select Remove ...

Page 11: ...recorded video For more information see the Recording Tab If WMFR is not already installed on your computer when you install AMC you will be prompted to install it Note WMFR is included in Windows XP SP2 and will automatically be installed when you download and install XP SP2 You can wait to install WMFR but you cannot record video using AMC until it is installed See the Recording Tab ...

Page 12: ...some AMC controls that are specifically for audio but are only visible if audio is enabled in the Web Setup page for your Axis Camera These controls change the settings for the speaker and microphone connected to the camera or video server that is being configured Click the Speaker Button to switch the sound off and on to your computer s speaker If you have set your camera to half duplex mode and ...

Page 13: ... move so that the point you clicked on becomes the new center of the image Emulated Joystick Mode If you select Emulate Joystick Mode the camera moves in the direction of the mouse pointer If you click and hold down on the left mouse button and then point your cursor at the lower left hand corner of the image the camera continues to move left and down until you release the mouse button ...

Page 14: ...r functionality the necessary software will also be installed for use with that camera If you later go back to the simpler camera while not usable the additional tabs will still be visible Note Also note that any changes you make to the settings tabs in AMC will not appear in the live view until you refresh your browser Click View Refresh General Tab Versions Versions shows the software that has b...

Page 15: ...s not able to reconnect to the camera If you still want AMC to keep trying to reconnect to your camera you can also set up a second and even a third period of time If you want AMC to keep trying indefinitely to reconnect to your camera click the infinite box Multicast Network Interface The Multicast Network Interface is the interface that AMC will use to connect to the multicast stream sent from t...

Page 16: ...twork environment It will try each protocol in the order you specify and use the one that works best The default setting is shown in the figure above but you can either deselect a protocol or change the order AMC uses to select a protocol by highlighting a protocol and clicking Move Up and Move Down ...

Page 17: ...ave not already installed Windows Media Format Runtime WMFR see Installing Windows Media Format Runtime below Feedback It is also possible to specify the form of feedback given when making a recording When a recording has finished Windows notifies you that your recording is either complete or failed via one of its system sounds See Assign sounds to program events in your MS Help and Support files ...

Page 18: ...onds for your recording Or to conserve storage space you can limit your recording to a specific size measured in megabytes Windows Media Format Runtime If you have not already installed WMFR you will not be able to record and the Recording tab will appear as the example below To install WMFR simply follow the instructions in the Recording tab as shown in the example below ...

Page 19: ...der you would like to use to save your snapshot Feedback It is also possible to specify the form of feedback given when taking a snapshot When a snapshot is taken Windows will notify you that your snapshot has been taken or failed to be taken via one of its system sounds See Assign sounds to program events in your MS Help and Support files You can also select if you want the snapshot folder to ope...

Page 20: ...onnection For networks with lower bandwidth a higher audio buffering level will reduce audio break up but may introduce a noticeable lag in audio transmission The default value is minimum Min which assumes an internal network or a network with good bandwidth Talk Button Option Push to talk If you have configured you Axis camera to be in half duplex mode select this option to speak by clicking and ...

Page 21: ...ia Control decodes as many MPEG 2 video frames as possible given the capabilities and performance of the computer To decrease the amount of CPU capacity used for video processing it is possible to only decode I or I and P frames This will however greatly reduce the quality of the video being displayed Only displaying I frames has the lowest performance quality ratio For an explanation of different...

Page 22: ...G 4 By default AXIS Media Control decodes as many MPEG 4 video frames as possible given the capabilities and performance of the computer To decrease the amount of CPU capacity used for video processing it is possible to only decode I or I and P frames This will however greatly reduce the quality of the video being displayed Only displaying I frames has the lowest performance quality ratio For an e...

Page 23: ...d is achieved by moving the joystick arm very little up or down Acceleration At low acceleration the camera turns at a speed relative to how far you move the joystick in any direction If you move the joystick far to one side the camera will turn quickly to that side High acceleration causes the joystick to move faster the further you move the joystick arm in any direction Note See Axis 295 Video S...

Page 24: ... configure game controllers located on the system See the MS Windows help files for more information Configure Buttons Click on Configure Buttons to bring up the Configure Button Menu Your Axis joystick has 12 buttons that can each be programmed to perform one of several different functions See Joystick button configuration below for more information Miscellaneous Set AMC to start in Emulated Joys...

Page 25: ...uttons on its arm and 10 configurable buttons on its base While viewing the Live View image of your camera in your browser you can move the joystick arm left right and forwards backwards to pan the camera to different positions The joystick arm can also be turned clockwise to zoom the camera in on an image and counter clockwise to zoom the camera out from an image For more information see Joystick...

Page 26: ...er Actions 2 Click on Assign to bring up the button selection window 3 Select one of the buttons in the menu such as Button 1 shown in the figure below and press the return key You can see under Assigned Actions in the figure above that buttons 11 and 12 have already been assigned a specific action Note also that assigned actions are highlighted under Actions and actual button configurations for y...

Page 27: ...s 2 Press the configurable joystick button that you want to assign to that action and the button selection window will pop up with the button you selected highlighted in the menu Press Return to confirm your selection You can see under Assigned Actions in the figure above that buttons 11 and 12 have already been assigned a specific action Note also that assigned actions are highlighted under Actio...

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